Getting a gaming PC requires choosing from thousands of options from numerous manufacturers with varying specifications, making it a difficult and confusing decision. Upgrading a gaming PC also requires ensuring compatibility between new and existing hardware. By contrast, a gaming console like the PlayStation 3 offers a simpler plug-and-play experience, is cheaper than a basic gaming PC, does not require upgrading parts for new games, and only requires optional accessories for exclusive games. Overall, a gaming console avoids the stress of evaluating, selecting, and upgrading an appropriate gaming PC over time.

1. It is tough to decide whether to get a gaming console or a
gaming PC. Not everyone has the luxury to buy both.

2. If you are buying a gaming PC, you will notice that just
about every other PC manufacturer would claim to be the
best in the world, claiming reliability with high-tech and
cutting edge developments, plus functionality and style.
Making your choice among thousands of PCs and from a
number of manufacturers, difficult and confusing.

3. On top of the brands to choose from, you also need to
consider the gaming PC's specifications. When buying a
gaming PC, you must pick the right graphic card, CPU, hard
drive, RAM, mother board, monitor and more. Buying the
best specification will burn a hole in your wallet. If you
don't get the best money can buy today, three years down
the road your gaming PC could not play the new game that
was released yesterday.

4. Even though buying a PC allows future upgrade easily, you
have to equip yourself with the information. Not only you
need to know the specifications of the hardware, but you
also must know whether the hardware you are upgrading
would work with existing ones. Mixing the wrong
hardware could easily cause your gaming PC to hang while
playing. Technology changes very fast and based on
current trends, when upgrading your CPU or graphic cards,
you may have to upgrade your mother board as well. It is
like changing the whole set.

5. You must also consider whether upgrading will void
existing warranty or not. Some manufacturers allow
upgrade as long you go back to them.

6. That is why you should get a gaming console instead of a
gaming PC. It takes out the stress of evaluating and
selecting the gaming PC that meets your requirement.

7. If you plan to purchase a gaming console, you only have
three choices at the moment. Either a Microsoft Xbox,
Nintendo Wii or a Sony PlayStation 3. Just list what you
want from a gaming console and do a comparison of the
three platforms. For comparison, I will use Sony
PlayStation 3 as an example.

8. In term of pricing, it is cheaper. A Sony PlayStation 3 price
is 50% lesser than a basic gaming PC.

9. Playing games on a gaming console is plug and play. If you
buy a game for your PC, it must be installed first before it
can be played. The installation process will take a while,
and it will be longer if your hardware is old. On a
PlayStation 3, just push in the Blue Ray disc and you are
ready to play. You don't need a huge hard disk for your
games. The only thing that will slow you down is when
there is an online update, and you don't have a
broadband.

10. You don't have to worry about upgrading your gaming
console. PS3 was launched in 2006 and after 5 years
(2011), you could still play all the newly released games
without upgrading any part of your gaming console. When
the time comes, Sony will come out a new one. They may
call it PlayStation 4. All you need to do is decide when to
purchase that.

11. There are optional accessories for PS3, but only if you
need them. The recent changes to PlayStation 3 is the
addition of PlayStation Move. If you don't have it, then
you just can't play the games that are specific for
PlayStation Move like the Sports Champion. No problem
for other games or the one that are PlayStation Move
compatible like SOCOM 4 and KillZone 3. Just accessories.

12. Now that you have reach until the end, do you think it is
much better to get a gaming console than a gaming PC?

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